Saturday, April 21, 2018

Jake is a young up and coming game designer for a major video game company.
He gives a beta version of his latest creation, an advanced game called Planet
Alt-Sete-Nine to his girlfriend Haylee for testing. However it isn't long before
Haylee is completely engrossed with playing the sophisticated game, to the
exclusion of everything else. To Jake's horror, Haylee soon loses her memory, finding
it impossible to distinguish between reality and the alternate reality of the
game. Meanwhile, the game's programmed groundbreaking artificial intelligence seems
to be taking over not only the game, but Haylee’s life as well. Complicating
matters are Jake's bosses pressuring him to get the game finished for market.
The scene and chapters switch between the action of the game being played out
on Planet Alt-Sete-Nine, and the couple's deteriorating relationship, as Jake
frantically races to find answers to Haylee’s gaming addiction and the out of
control artificial intelligence. Frustrated, Jake is driven into the consoling
arms of his oldest and closest friend Barb who just happens to be Haylee’s
rival for Jake’s affections. In the end, Jake loses Haylee to the video game.
But has she simply run away or has she been swept off to the land of Planet
Alt-Sete-Nine?

“A gripping tale of the potential for artificial
intelligence to undo the established order, taking us through a wonderfully
imagined, captivating interface between reality and the virtual reality of
next-generation video games. A page turner par excellence.”

Adrian
Winstanley author High Hopes Silver
Linings

Look for Planet Alt-Sete-Nine Summer, 2018. And coming Winter, 2019, Princess Haylee, book two of the The Lost Princess series.